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KT Corporation Data Breach (2012)

KT Corporation

highVERIS
Disclosed

February 1, 2012

5168 days ago

Records

8.7M

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Technology

Description

Police in South Korea have reportedly arrested two people for hacking into the network of KT Corp., the country's second largest mobile carrier and selling the data. According to a report by the Yonhap News Agency, police arrested a 40-yeard-old suspect identified only by his family name of Choi as well as a second person and accused them of leaking the personal information of roughly 8.7 million mobile phone subscribers since February.

KT Corporation Data Breach (2012) - 8.7M Records | ExposedMap